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Six example sentences with impassive, each labelled with its topic.
The detective stays impassive through the confession, and only a slow blink tells you the news has landed.
Movies
Interviewers were trained to look impassive, so that a nod or a frown could not steer what the subject said next.
Psychology
The rookie missed both free throws and returned to the huddle impassive, which the veterans took as a very good sign.
Basketball
The defendant sat impassive through the verdict, and reporters could not tell whether he had heard it.
Law
The minister stayed impassive while the opposition read out the leaked memo line by line.
Politics
The sculptor gave the figure an impassive face, so viewers project whatever grief or calm they bring to it.
Art
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